Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09TOKYO305
2009-02-09 08:16:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPANESE POLICE SHOWCASE TIP EFFORTS, (BUT BEHIND
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 000305
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/08/2019
TAGS: KTIP PHUM JP
SUBJECT: JAPANESE POLICE SHOWCASE TIP EFFORTS, (BUT BEHIND
THE SCENES SOME SMELL A KURATA)
Classified By: Classified by CDA J. P. Zumwalt for reasons 1.4b, d.
C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 000305
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/08/2019
TAGS: KTIP PHUM JP
SUBJECT: JAPANESE POLICE SHOWCASE TIP EFFORTS, (BUT BEHIND
THE SCENES SOME SMELL A KURATA)
Classified By: Classified by CDA J. P. Zumwalt for reasons 1.4b, d.
1. (C) Summary: Eager to showcase its anti-TIP efforts, the
NPA (National Police Agency) recently hosted two TIP-related
symposia, including the "5th Contact Point Meeting for
Trafficking in Persons in Japan." Significantly, for the
first time, Embassy Tokyo was invited to elaborate on U.S.
anti-TIP efforts. End Summary.
2. (C) In recent months the NPA has hosted two large symposia
to showcase its anti-TIP efforts and educate its officers.
On October 30, it hosted "The 7th Seminar on Combating the
Commercial and Sexual Exploitation of Children in Southeast
Asia." Participants included the IOM's Japan representative,
high-ranking police officers leading anti-TIP efforts from
Indonesia and the Philippines, and a representative from Save
the Children. This symposium was followed by "The 5th
Contact Point Meeting for Trafficking in Persons in Japan,"
held December 16, at which the NPA, the IOM, Japan UNICEF,
and a representative from Embassy Tokyo detailed their
respective anti-TIP efforts.
3. (C) At both symposia, Haruhisa Goto, Superintendent of the
NPA's Consumer and Environmental Protection Division,
Community Safety Bureau, which spearheads the NPA's anti-TIP
efforts, described a case in which the NPA rescued two
trafficking victims from a rural location in Chiba Prefecture
within a few hours of receiving a frantic call from the
parents of the victims in Macao.
4. (C) At the Contact Group meeting, Naoko Hashimoto, the
IOM's Program Coordinator in Japan, praised the cooperation
of the police in working with the IOM to screen potential
trafficking victims. She noted there were a few areas where
she felt there was room for improvement. These included a
need for a 24 hour multilingual hotline, better cooperation
between public and private shelters, some means for
protecting male victims, some way of assisting victims who
cannot or do not want to return, more tangible benefits for
victims who cooperate with prosecutors, and making sure that
the principle of "informed consent" is enforced.
ZUMWALT
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/08/2019
TAGS: KTIP PHUM JP
SUBJECT: JAPANESE POLICE SHOWCASE TIP EFFORTS, (BUT BEHIND
THE SCENES SOME SMELL A KURATA)
Classified By: Classified by CDA J. P. Zumwalt for reasons 1.4b, d.
1. (C) Summary: Eager to showcase its anti-TIP efforts, the
NPA (National Police Agency) recently hosted two TIP-related
symposia, including the "5th Contact Point Meeting for
Trafficking in Persons in Japan." Significantly, for the
first time, Embassy Tokyo was invited to elaborate on U.S.
anti-TIP efforts. End Summary.
2. (C) In recent months the NPA has hosted two large symposia
to showcase its anti-TIP efforts and educate its officers.
On October 30, it hosted "The 7th Seminar on Combating the
Commercial and Sexual Exploitation of Children in Southeast
Asia." Participants included the IOM's Japan representative,
high-ranking police officers leading anti-TIP efforts from
Indonesia and the Philippines, and a representative from Save
the Children. This symposium was followed by "The 5th
Contact Point Meeting for Trafficking in Persons in Japan,"
held December 16, at which the NPA, the IOM, Japan UNICEF,
and a representative from Embassy Tokyo detailed their
respective anti-TIP efforts.
3. (C) At both symposia, Haruhisa Goto, Superintendent of the
NPA's Consumer and Environmental Protection Division,
Community Safety Bureau, which spearheads the NPA's anti-TIP
efforts, described a case in which the NPA rescued two
trafficking victims from a rural location in Chiba Prefecture
within a few hours of receiving a frantic call from the
parents of the victims in Macao.
4. (C) At the Contact Group meeting, Naoko Hashimoto, the
IOM's Program Coordinator in Japan, praised the cooperation
of the police in working with the IOM to screen potential
trafficking victims. She noted there were a few areas where
she felt there was room for improvement. These included a
need for a 24 hour multilingual hotline, better cooperation
between public and private shelters, some means for
protecting male victims, some way of assisting victims who
cannot or do not want to return, more tangible benefits for
victims who cooperate with prosecutors, and making sure that
the principle of "informed consent" is enforced.
ZUMWALT